Collar button



C. HOWARD COLLAR BUTTON Filed Sent. 17. 1923 Z ra 2%.

Patented Oct. 21, 1924.

UNITED STATES CLIFFORD HOWARD, F STURGIS, MICHIGAN.

COLLAR BUTTON.

Application filed September 17, 1923. Serial No. 663,162.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLIFFORD HOWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sturgis, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

In carrying out the present invention it is my purpose to provide a collar button wherein the same may be comfortably worn by the user, the nature of the same being such that the pressure of the base of the collar button upon the neck will not greatly an- 1 noy the wearer as is now the case with collar buttons universally employed.

The primary object of my invention is to provide such a collar button wherein the same may be manufactured and marketed at a cost no greater than the cost of manufacture of the present type of collar button.

With the above and other objects in view as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same comprises the novel form and construction set forth in the following detailed specification, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in cross section of my improved collar button,

Figure 2 is a top plan View thereof, and

Figure 3 is a transverse cross section taken substantially upon the line 33 of Figure 1.

Now having particular reference to the drawing, there is shown a collar button that comprises a shank portion 5, base 6 and head 7 integrally joined together and consisting preferably of a slightly flexible material such as rubber or the like.

The head 7 is circular shape and is provided with a covering 8 of gold or other material the edges of this covering being preferably spun around and beneath the marginal edge of said head 8.

The shank portion 5 is as more clearly shown in Figure 8, oval shape for preventing the turning thereof while in the button hole and also for proper fitting Within the button holes of the shirt and collar.

The base portion 6 of this button is preferably rectangular shape, the corners thereof being rounded as shown in Figures 2 and 3. For accommodating this base portion 6 to the general curvature of the neck, the same is formed slightly arcuate-shaped as per Figure l and in view of the above description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, it will at once be apparent that I have provided a highly novel and useful form of button and one that will answer all of the purposes above described.

Minor changes may be made within the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A collar button comprising a body composed of base, shank, and head portions, said body being formed from a relatively resilient material, the head portion being circular, a sheet of relatively rigid material applied over the head portion and carried around the edge thereof and bearing directly against the under surface thereof, the shank portion being substantially elliptical in transverse section, the base portion being curved longitudinally in the direction of the longer axis of the ellipse describing the configuration of the shank portion.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CLIFFORD HOWARD. 

